Hey, it's Jamie Scrimgear. When I became a stepmom, I quickly realize that while

moms are encouraged to keep it real, there's a big double standard when it comes to stepmoms.

So, I decided to start the conversation myself. Thriving as a stepmom doesn't just come from

conversations about being a stepmom now. Here we dive into marriage, relationships, personal

growth and more. My mission? Inspire you to live a kick-ass life while bringing you along as I

create my own. This is the kick-ass step-mom podcast.

All righty guys, welcome to the kick-ass step-mom podcast.

I'm doing something I haven't done before.

And I kind of went back and forth about whether or not I was even going to respond to this because, you know, you don't like to give the trolls attention. However, I thought that a debrief on a recent real, like a little

clip from the podcast that got so much hate was necessary, or it would just be like a good

conversation. So here's what happened. A couple weeks ago,

and I will link the podcast episode for you, I did an episode with my husband where people

submitted their questions and like asking if their boundaries were unreasonable. And we gave

our opinion. So one of the questions was,

hey, I don't want my stepkids in the bedroom. I really would love some privacy and a space

that I can go that's kid free. Is this unreasonable? And I was like, no, actually, I don't think

that's unreasonable at all. And I shared how this was something that came up for us when Darren and I first got

together. And I shared how there was like a situation. Well, sidebar. I didn't grow up going into

my parents' bedroom. Like my dad, everything, he like lock his bedroom. Like we were not to go into

their bedroom uninvited. It was just the rule and the boundary that we grew up with.

And so kids just hanging out in parents' bedrooms was just not something that was ever normal

for me. So there was that. And then, you know, I move in. I become a stepmom. I go from zero to three

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